First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Portugal's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 0.5% compared to 2020, reaching 84,805.

Portugal accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

Portugal ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 229.6% (from 25,728 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.